NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading,
which means that you can write many functions with the same
name (providing each takes parameters of different types).
All C++ and Java function names are encoded into a low-level
assembly label (this process is known as mangling). The
c++filt [1] program does the inverse mapping: it decodes
(demangles) low-level names into user-level names so that
the linker can keep these overloaded functions from
clashing.
Every alphanumeric word (consisting of letters, digits,
underscores, dollars, or periods) seen in the input is a
potential label. If the label decodes into a C++ name, the
C++ name replaces the low-level name in the output.
You can use c++filt to decipher individual symbols:
c++filt <symbol>
If no symbol arguments are given, c++filt reads symbol names
from the standard input and writes the demangled names to
the standard output. All results are printed on the
standard output.

OPTIONS

-_--strip-underscores
On some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an
underscore in front of every name. For example, the C
name "foo" gets the low-level name "_foo". This option
removes the initial underscore. Whether c++filt removes
the underscore by default is target dependent.
-j--java
Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default
is to use C++ syntax.
-n--no-strip-underscores
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Do not remove the initial underscore.
-p--no-params
When demangling the name of a function, do not display
the types of the function's parameters.
-sformat--format=formatc++filt can decode various methods of mangling, used by
different compilers. The argument to this option
selects which method it uses:
"auto"
Automatic selection based on executable (the default
method)
"gnu"
the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++)
"lucid"
the one used by the Lucid compiler (lcc)
"arm"
the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference
Manual
"hp"
the one used by the HP compiler (aCC)
"edg"
the one used by the EDG compiler
"gnu-v3"
the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++) with the
V3 ABI.
"java"
the one used by the GNU Java compiler (gcj)
"gnat"
the one used by the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT).
--help
Print a summary of the options to c++filt and exit.
--version
Print the version number of c++filt and exit.

FOOTNOTES

1. MS-DOS does not allow "+" characters in file names, so
on MS-DOS this program is named CXXFILT.
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SEE ALSO

the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT

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